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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />League of Minnesota Cities <br />Policy Development Process <br /> <br />At the League's annual June 2002 meeting in Rochester, the membership adopted a constitutional <br />amendment that places responsibility for adoption of legislative policy with the Board. The amendment <br />took effect immediately upon adoption. Hence, the LMC policy adoption process is changing. An <br />important feature to this change is the input of the full LMC membership. <br /> <br />AprillMay The League solicits members for ideas and problems. A survey at the Annual Conference <br />allows members to formally suggest topics. <br /> <br />June The League President accepts applications for committees and appoints policy committee <br />members. <br /> <br />The policy commillees are: Improving Fiscal Futures <br />Improving Local Economies <br />Improving Service Delivery <br />Human Resources and Data Practices <br /> <br />July <br /> <br />Committees meet to discuss various policy issues. Committees can also form task forces <br />to more thoroughly study specific issues. Task forces can include non-city members with <br />a knowledge of the focus issue. <br /> <br />August <br />through <br />September <br /> <br />Committees and lask forces meet to discuss issues and problems, accept <br />testimony and develop policy statements. <br /> <br />Mid-January The LMC Board is moving ahead with the proposal that the Policy Adoption <br />Conference Conference and the Legislative Conference (normally held in late February or early <br />March) be combined into a new major legislative "event" held in early to mid-January. <br />Key events for the day would include: <br /> <br />. unveiling the League's State of the Cities report, which will deal with census data on <br />demographic and diversity trends, city fiscal concerns, transportation, housing and <br />land development patterns. The "unveiling" would include holding a press <br />conference; <br />. inviting the new Governor and/or key legislative leaders to address the group; <br />. reviewing key LMC legislative priorities with the members; <br />. including in that review a discussion about federal issues that have been raised <br />through the NLC process at the Congress of Cities in December, or which are <br />anticipated for the Congressional-City Conference in March; and <br />. sending our delegates off to the Capitol to advance LMC's agenda with their senators <br />and representatives <br /> <br />vii <br />